Tony Award-winning composer-lyricist Jason Robert Brown conducted selections from his 2014 musical The Bridges of Madison County as part of a special July 2 concert with the Des Moines Symphony in Iowa, where the show is set. Joining him were Tony nominee Christiane Noll and Hugh Panaro. Video clips of the concert were made available to Playbill.com exclusively.

Bridges of Madison County will launch a national tour Nov. 28 with an official opening set for Dec. 1 in Des Moines. Iowa's scenic heartland serves as the setting where the Robert James Waller romance unfolds. The show has a book by Tony and Pulitzer Prize winner Marsha Norman (The Secret Garden, 'Night Mother).

Bridges opened on Broadway Feb. 20, 2014, ended its Broadway run May 18, 2014, after 137 performances. Despite its brief run, the show won two 2014 Tony Awards, for Best Score and Best Orchestrations.

A First Look at Broadway's The Bridges of Madison County, Starring Kelli O'Hara and Steven Pasquale

A First Look at Broadway's The Bridges of Madison County, Starring Kelli O'Hara and Steven Pasquale

Kelli O’Hara and Steven Pasquale star in the Broadway production of the new Jason Robert Brown-Marsha Norman musical The Bridges of Madison County, based on the best-selling romance novel, which began previews Jan. 17 at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre. Read the Playbill.com story.

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Tony Award-winning director Bartlett Sher (Golden Boy, South Pacific, The Light in the Piazza) helmed the musical. Tony Award nominee Kelli O'Hara (The Light in the Piazza, South Pacific, Nice Work If You Can Get It) and Steven Pasquale (Reasons to Be Pretty, Far From Heaven, "Rescue Me") led the cast as Italian-American housewife Francesca Johnson and National Geographic photographer Robert Kincaid, respectively.

Casting for the tour has not been announced.

The tour will reflect the work of the original Broadway design team including Michael Yeargan (scenic design), Donald Holder (lighting design), Catherine Zuber (costume design) and Jon Weston (sound design). Movement is by Danny Mefford.

The romantic musical centers on a brief, four-day love affair between a National Geographic photographer and an Italian-American housewife in 1965 Iowa. Clint Eastwood and Meryl Streep starred in the 1995 film adaptation. The stage production and film were based on the best-selling Robert James Waller novel.